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United Kingdom: Peatlands burn as gamekeepers create landscape fit grouse-shooting
2015-07-05 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They are home to a diverse range of wildlife and up to 8,000 years old. And, according to a damning analysis by an independent government advisory body, the UKs upland peat bogs are facing a sustained threat from the shooting classes desire to bag grouse. The Committee on Climate Changes 2015 progress report to parliament notes: Wetland habitats, including the majority of upland areas with carbon-rich peat soils, are in poor condition. The damaging practice of burning peat to increase grouse...
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News Release 7/1/2015: Burn Ban in Effect for Multnomah County
2015-07-01 19:53:48| PortlandOnline
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New number to call for illegal fireworks, limited burn ban in effect
2015-07-01 19:50:45| PortlandOnline
This morning, Portland Fire Chief Erin Janssens announced a new number to call and report illegal fireworks and offered information on a limited burn ban in immediate effect.
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Washington wildfire engulfs 3,000 acres, homes burn
2015-06-29 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire racing through central Washington state "blew up" overnight, threatening homes and businesses as flames enveloped roughly 3,000 acres, nearly double the area burning only a day earlier, state officials said Monday. "It jumped last night, just blew up," said Janet Pearce, spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. "It is such a bad year." Emergency officials were deploying added teams of firefighters to the area, Pearce said. On Sunday, hundreds of people were...
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Cwmbran car salesman who threatened to burn down a customer's house faces jail
2015-06-22 21:39:52| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A ROGUE Cwmbran car salesman is facing jail after threatening to burn down a customer's house following a dispute. Robert Knight, 41, of RK Transport Trade Centre Ltd, was also aggressive to more than a dozen other customers - and sold another man a car which was dangerous, a court heard.
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